What We Believe

Our fundamental beliefs are based on the Bible. We’re not perfect, but God is, and He gave us His Word so we could better understand who He is and how He wants us to live. We therefore accept the Holy Scriptures, in the original languages, as the revealed will of God, and do our best to live by them.

We believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, the revelation of God to man, and the only infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, his virgin birth, His sinless life, His teachings and miracles, His death on the cross, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His future return to this earth for his Church, to be with Him forever.

We believe man was created good and upright. However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death, but spiritual death, which is separation from God.

We believe that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance toward God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and his shed blood, whereby our fellowship with God is restored.

We believe in the healing power of God. The redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing for the human body. We therefore practice the prayer of faith, and lay hands on the sick that they may be healed.

We believe in the baptism with the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to salvation, empowers us for life and service, and is given to believers who ask for it.

We believe in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to live a holy life. As we allow Him to work within us, He bears fruit in our character and provides gifts for the work of our ministry.

We believe that the Lord’s Supper is to be practiced regularly to remind us of what Jesus did for us. The bread represents His body, given for us, and the juice represents His blood, shed for us. It symbolizes our Communion with God, whereby we can share the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe that Water Baptism by immersion is the commandment of God to all who have repented and believe on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. It symbolizes our death to the old life, our sins being washed away, and rising to a new life with a personal relationship with God.

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